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  "title": "US retail sales unexpectedly fall in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-retail-sales-unexpectedly-fall-in-july",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:15:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Retail sales dropped 0.6 per cent in July after an unrevised 0.2 per cent gain in June.",
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        "title": "United States Retail Sales contracted by 0.6% MoM in July",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US retail sales weakest in over a year in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-retail-sales-weakest-in-over-a-year-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-14T13:20:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "US retail sales unexpectedly fall in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-retail-sales-unexpectedly-fall-in-july-878523",
        "published": "2026-08-14T13:21:14.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "‘It’s not lights out for the economy’: U.S. retail sales drop 0.6% in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/its-not-lights-out-for-the-economy-u-s-retail-sales-drop-0-6-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-14T13:54:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "WSJ Economy",
        "title": "Sales at U.S. retailers slid in July, the latest in a string of weaker reports prompting a rethink about an economy that had looked to be only accelerating this spring",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sales-at-u-s-retailers-slid-in-july-the-latest-in-a-string-of-weaker",
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        "outlet": "RTHK News - Finance",
        "title": "US retail sales weakest in over a year in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-retail-sales-weakest-in-over-a-year-in-july-885283",
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